Watching other film makers work – Can it help a film maker?
Every film maker has a thought in his/her mind on the scope
of improvisation regarding making a film. There are many kind of ways a film
maker can improvise, but there is one way which can also help for improving
as well as a film maker you can learn as well and that is is watching different kinds of film. Even
directors, actors, editors, cinematographers, etc. a part from their films, watches the work of different people but mostly just as a film maker. As we
start to work in the industry the tag line we being an ‘audience’ is deleted, as when you
become a film maker even if you will want to watch it as an audience you will
obviously watch it as a film maker. Let me brief it how. This usually happens when a director watches
the work of the other director with the similar kind of genre. If we consider
this psychologically, the director would watch the film, and mostly look out
for mistakes as well. Sometimes watching other films, and pointing out some mistakes will also help to avoid to repeat it in future for your own film. Let me give you some examples regarding this. As an actor/actress when he/she watches the work of another actor/actress he/she can observe the acting
and avoid the similar mistake being done, like if there is exaggeration or over acting taken place. This also
helps the cinematographer to learn how to make the shots much better. For
example, avoiding of camera jerks, or any other ideas for taking a particular
shot.
If there are films which hardly has any false points, and everything just looks perfect on the screen, as a film maker you can learn a lot at the execution part as well.
Everything cannot be perfect, but if it looks appealing to the
audience then sometimes the minor mistakes are ignored. By watching other films you
can also get the idea of how to make your style of film making better and also recognize where the flaws are.
Even though your style is unique, and loved by the audience, there is no harm in making it much better right?
A film maker does not just watch films to criticize it but to
even learn, and also improvise and avoid to fail as well. So watching
other film makers work will surely help the film maker in different kinds of
ways.
